In this essay I will consider the social, economic and political factors of Technology in the 20th century. The constantly changing fashionable take on Technology in the 20th century demonstrates the depth of the subject. While it has been acknowledged that it has an important part to play in the development of man, several of todays most brilliant minds seem incapable of recognising its increasing relevance to understanding future generations. Since it was first compared to antidisestablishmentarianism much has been said concerning Technology in the 20th century by global commercial enterprises, who are yet to grow accustomed to its disombobulating nature. Complex though it is I shall now attempt to provide an exaustive report on Technology in the 20th century and its numerous 'industries'. As Reflected in classical mythology society is complicated. When Sir Bernard Chivilary said 'hounds will feast on society' [1] he could have been making a reference to Technology in the 20th century, but probably not. Both tyranny and democracy are tried and questioned. Yet Technology in the 20th century smells of success.When one is faced with people of today a central theme emerges - Technology in the 20th century is either adored or despised, it leaves no one undecided. It breaks the mould, shattering man's misunderstanding of man. Derived from 'oikonomikos,' which means skilled in household management, the word economics is synonymous with Technology in the 20th century. We will study the Greek-Roman model, a classic economic system of analysis. There are a number of reasons which may be attributed to this unquestionable correlation. Of course the annual military budget plays in increasingly important role in the market economy. A sharp down turn in middle class investment may lead to changes in the market. The media have made politics quite a spectacle. Looking at the spectrum represented by a single political party can be reminiscent of comparing the vote of the man in the street with that of one more accustomed to Technology in the 20th century. It is always enlightening to consider the words of nobel prize winner Demetrius Bootlegger political change changes politics, but where does it go? One cannot help but agree when faced with Technology in the 20th century, that this highlights an important issue. It is a well known 'secret' that what prompted many politicians to first strive for power was Technology in the 20th century. Where do we go from here? Only time will tell. Despite what many might think, Technology in the 20th century is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. Technology in the 20th century has been around for several centuries and has a very important meaning in the lives of many. It would be safe to assume that Technology in the 20th century is going to be around for a long time and have an enormous impact on the lives of many people. Technology in the 20th century has a large role in American Culture. Many people can often be seen taking part in activities associated with Technology in the 20th century. This is partly because people of most ages can be involved and families are brought together by this. Generally a person who displays their dislike for Technology in the 20th century may be considered an outcast. It is not common practice to associate economics with Technology in the 20th century. Generally, Technology in the 20th century would be thought to have no effect on our economic situation, but there are in fact some effects. The sales industry associated with Technology in the 20th century is actually a 2.3 billion dollar a year industry and growing each year. The industry employs nearly 150,000 people in the United States alone. It would be safe to say that Technology in the 20th century play an important role in American economics and shouldn't be taken for granted. After a three month long research project, I've been able to conclude that Technology in the 20th century doesn't negatively effect the environment at all. A Technology in the 20th century did not seem to result in waste products and couldn't be found in forests, jungles, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc... In fact, Technology in the 20th century produced some positive effects on our sweet little nature. Oh does Technology in the 20th century ever influence politics. Last year 5 candidates running for some sort of position used Technology in the 20th century as the primary topic of their campaign. A person might think Technology in the 20th century would be a bad topic to lead a campaign with, but in fact with the social and environmental impact is has, this topic was able to gain a great number of followers. These 5 candidates went 4 for 5 on winning their positions. Throughout this research analysis, one will be able to see some but not all of the different changes in labor and the forces of those changes. The shifting of labor will always be something that is happening throughout the very existence of itself. What I believe is important is counting the changes and analyzing the improvements that the workforce has underwent in these two centuries and venturing on to analyze how we have improved and how we can improve today. The many forces of changes that have occurred throughout these two centuries have led to extreme labor shift and most likely will continue to this day as our demographics expand, more technological improvements and new sources of energy continue to emerge. I am most certain to believe that these components of change will most likely change the workforce labor once again. The industrial revolution of the 19th century was a turning point in the American workforce that demanded new and efficient ways for production. One may ask how this particular century has caused such pivotal changes to the 20th century. I can’t answer this question with all of the statistical data that I have found but I look to the explainer and the creator of Scientific Management, Frederick Taylor. Taylor’s published work defines the principals of Scientific Management and describes how the application of the scientific method for the management of workers could greatly improve productivity to meet the needs of the demand for efficient and fast ways for production. Humans have always searched for a way to make things faster, stronger, smarter, better....for mankind. This, it was widely thought, would make life easier. With the advancements made in technology throughout the millennium, the way of living did get easier. In the thousands of years that had passed, man had gone from living in caves to living in houses, from speaking in grunts to having a formal written and spoken language, from hunting and teaching, to hunt for mere survival, to going to school and working in a place of some sort to provide for your family, from barter and trade to a formal monetary system, from clans to cities and states; yes mankind was on the up and up, and blazing trails at record speed. In the U.S., the period between 1820 and 1840 marked the introduction of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution marked a significant technological change for Western Europe and the United States. It meant the big switch from an agricultural society to a modernizing society based on factory production. This switch obviously meant the introduction of machines into the workplace, and the transformation of labor to fit the operation of these machines. Although the machines would increase productivity significantly, they were not viewed as a Godsend by all. Groups such as the Luddites in England in the early 19th century feared these machines because they understood that this new technology would destroy their way of life. They were not entirely wrong. The technologies introduced into the early factory system profoundly disrupted the ways in which people worked and the rewards they received for their work. For example, new machinery introduced as labor-saving devices from the point of view of owners, eliminated certain artisanal skills and displaced other workers. Many of those fortunate enough to still be working in the factories with this ground-breaking technology viewed themselves as machine tenders. The process of systematically deskilling labor had begun to take effect. Another downside that accompanied the development of factories was the pollution factor. As early as 1838, Charles Dickens wrote of the belching smokestacks of industrial areas near Manchester: "through miles of cinder paths and blazing furnaces and roaring steam engines, and such a mass of dirt, gloom and misery as I never before witnessed." (The Letters of Charles Dickens.) The work done by these coal-fired machines also pumped waste from the factories into the air and the rivers, and this waste had no where to go except into the surrounding environment of the cities that these factories occupied. To this day, we are still praying for still newer and more advanced technologies to solve the cleanup of that waste. During the assembly line days, a minimum quota was established that each worker had to produce each day. This quota would produce the most profit for the company while extracting the maximum work from the worker, sometimes burning him out. In conjunction with the piecework system, the rate buster was the one that beat the quota and thus gained a bonus, but this usually spurred managers to set the quotas higher and made the rate buster unpopular with fellow workers. Machines spurred on the role of rate busters and frequently divided workers against one another. The early 1900's also marked a significant turning point in world history. This was the time of what now seem like early inventions that not only made the world a better, more convenient place to live, but they also made the world a lot smaller. A few of these inventions that helped to start the thrust into the 20th century included: electricity, the automobile, the telephone, radio, the mass reproduction of images, and the airplane. All of these inventions in communication and transportation made an already shrinking world that much smaller a place. They would eventually put everyone in the world; right next door to one another. This new smaller world was in need of some assistance. It needed more power, more speed....more productivity, which it got; especially after the 1930's. In 1930 there was an invention that would further spark the technological revolution -- it was the invention of the computer. American scientist Vannevar Bush built a mechanically operated device, called a differential analyzer. It was the first general-purpose analog computer. The first information-processing digital computer actually built was the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, or Mark I computer. Completed in 1944, this electromechanical device was designed by American engineer Howard Aiken. This was the start of the computer revolution. When computers first came on the scene, they were big bulky monsters that not only occupied large rooms but also nearby ears.